They never said there would be not ice... they are allowing people to read things into what isn't said to sell existing cars.
That's not how Gate system Product development works, just because something doesn't lead directly to a product doesn't mean it has no value. Those statements are so foreign to the proper development of good and ROI products I don't know where to start, it would take a hours or almost a class to explain it. I don't have the time or the will to got through it other than that is simply not how the world works. Large number of proposals start at the top, and at the end the what can be make through all the gates filter at the bottom.
And WAIT we are Mad we didn't get the New Car sooner, or we are Mad the Old car is going away? Sales have been limited to capacity and margins keep going up. They are doing Unbelievable, job keeping them fresh along the way now building excitement to drive margins up too the end.